Saturday 24 July 2010

2010 ANU Open - Round 3 Upset

The first big upset of the 2010 ANU Open occured in Round 3. 4th seed IM Andras Toth defeated top seed GM Zong Yuan Zhao with the black pieces. Zhao had the initiative for most of the game but Toth kept his position together and as Zhao ran short of time, Toth gained the advantage. The game ended when Zhao lost on time in a worse position.

GM Zhao,Zong-Yuan - IM Toth,Andras
2010 ANU Open, 24.07.2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Be7 9.Bc4 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.0-0-0 Qb6 12.Nde2 Qc7 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Ng3 g6 15.Rhf1 0-0 16.f5 Bd7 17.Kb1 Be5 18.Qe3 Kg7 19.Rf3 a5 20.Rdf1 Nxb3 21.cxb3 Qc5 22.Qd2 Bc6 23.f6+ Kh7 24.Nge2 g5 25.h4 g4 26.Rd3 b5 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Nce2 b4 29.Rc1 Qb6 30.Ng3 Rac8 31.Rf1 Rc7 32.Nh5 Rfc8 33.Rd1 Rc5 34.Qe2 Qc7 35.a4 bxa3 36.Qxg4 Rg8 37.Qe2 axb2 38.Qxb2 a4 0-1

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

White cannot take the b3 pawn once black plays axb3 on the next move. There is then black penetration via Rg8-c8 and then a rook into c2.